Rick Robey vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Rick Robey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Rick Robey and Fred VanVleet both played 8 years in the NBA. Rick Robey had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Rick Robey	8	5	1978-79 to 1985-86
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	79	22.3	10.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.9	4.1	8.5	.478	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.777
Fred VanVleet	37	7.9	2.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.0	.351	0.3	0.8	.379	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	7	4.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	82	23.4	11.5	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.6	8.9	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.3	.684
Fred VanVleet	76	20.0	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.1	7.2	.426	1.4	3.4	.414	1.1	1.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	9	16.8	6.1	1.4	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	3.0	2.7	5.9	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.6	.500
Fred VanVleet	6	19.0	6.8	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	6.5	.333	1.3	4.7	.286	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 3
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	82	19.1	9.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	3.6	6.7	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.574
Fred VanVleet	64	27.5	11.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	9.4	.410	1.8	4.6	.378	1.5	1.8	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	17	15.6	5.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.6	2.1	4.8	.432	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.1	.457
Fred VanVleet	24	24.7	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.7	6.9	.392	1.6	4.1	.388	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 4
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	80	14.8	5.7	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	4.7	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.535
Fred VanVleet	54	35.7	17.6	0.3	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	5.9	14.3	.413	2.7	6.9	.390	3.1	3.7	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	12	10.2	4.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.8	3.3	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.765
Fred VanVleet	11	39.1	19.6	0.5	3.9	4.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.9	17.3	.400	3.9	10.0	.391	1.9	2.3	.840


Season 5
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	59	14.5	4.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.2	1.7	3.6	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.577
Fred VanVleet	52	36.5	19.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	1.8	2.3	6.5	16.7	.389	3.3	9.2	.366	3.3	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	5	5.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1983-84	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	61	14.0	5.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.1	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.0	2.3	4.2	.545	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.0	1.4	.693
Fred VanVleet	65	37.9	20.3	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.8	16.9	.403	3.7	9.9	.377	3.0	3.4	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	10	4.3	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Fred VanVleet	4	35.0	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	13.5	.352	3.0	9.0	.333	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 7
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	4	12.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Fred VanVleet	69	36.7	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	16.1	.393	3.0	8.8	.342	3.7	4.1	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rick Robey	Fred VanVleet
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	46	13.7	3.8	0.9	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.0	1.6	4.2	.377	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.0	.688
Fred VanVleet	73	36.8	17.4	0.5	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.8	13.9	.416	3.1	8.0	.387	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rick Robey vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Rick Robey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8